Glacier shrinkage and climatic change in the Russian Altai from the mid-20th century: An assessment using remote sensing and PRECIS regional climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Shahgedanova, Maria ^a   Nosenko, Gennady ^b   Khromova, Tatyana ^b   Muraveyev, Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

20TH CENTURY; ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC VARIATION; EMISSION SCENARIO; GLACIER INVENTORY; GLACIER RETREAT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; SURFACE AREA;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ASTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLACIER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77956224656     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012976     Document Type: Article

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